Cricket, camping and chops

EMMARENTIA – Marks Park Cricket hosts its Bring-and-Braai Camp-Out along with a cricket festival.

March 30, 2017

Nicholas Zaal 1 minute read

Krishay Patel bats for the Tigers U11 team.

What do you get when you combine cricket, camping and chops?

A very good time, that is for sure.

The Marks Park Cricket Club hosted its annual Bring-and-Braai Camp-Out from 24 to 25 March, along with a mouth-watering cricket festival at the club in Emmarentia.

Players pitched tents next to the pavilion and enjoyed some meat on the grid, in anticipation of great cricket in the morning.

Mpho Chiloane bowls for the Lions in the U11 Night Series final.

“About 300 players and parents attended the braai,” said the club’s chairperson, Mahmood Takolia. He explained that the sense of community was great to be part of.

“Of those who stayed over, the children played cricket and soccer late into the night. At 11.30pm we started watching the SA and New Zealand Test match on a laptop around the braai until everybody fell asleep.”

Hamza Chavoos bats for the Tigers U11 team.

When the sun rose, the players wiped the sleep out of their eyes and made their way to the fields.

The U9 and U11 cricketers played the finals of the Night Series, the U7s hosted a festival with Delfos Cricket Club and Lenasia Cricket Club, and the seniors played against the University of Johannesburg.

Mohammed Vorachia bats in an U7 game for Lenasia Cricket Club.

Of the Cheetahs, Lions, Pumas and Tigers teams in the Night Series, which has been played since November last year, the Pumas beat the Lions in the U9 final and the Tigers beat the Lions in the U11 final.

The U7s did not have a final, but the Cheetahs topped the log on points.

The U7 festival was a friendly with no official results. The club’s Gauteng Cricket Board Premier League A team beat UJ by 62 runs on the day.